WO=MEN in New York

A briefing on the 57 th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 57), 4 – 15 March 2013, was held at the UN on Monday 17 December 2012. The Permanent Representative of Liberia to the United Nations and Chair of CSW 57 H.E. Ms. Marjon V. Kamara (see photo) outlined the meetings of the Session, which will begin with an Introductory Statement, followed by the General Discussion on the topic of the Priority theme of the “Elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls.” These meetings will be held in the mornings (Monday – Thursday). During the afternoons there will be inter-active dialogues including the High Level Roundtable and two Expert Panels on Prevention of Violence against Women and Girls and Multi-sectoral Responses. There will also be two Expert meetings on the Review Theme -- The equal sharing of responsibilities between women and men, including caregiving in the context of HIV/AIDS. Agreed Conclusions The work on the ...

My preparation for CSW 2013 is slowly getting started. On the 6th of December the Dutch civil society met to discuss our asks towards the Dutch government. Together with WOREC, Women's Rehabilitation Centre, Nepal; Masimanyane, South Africa, and the Women’s Support Centre, Kyrgyzstan, I managed to submit a proposal for a workshop at the NGO side events two days before the deadline. We hope to share our experiences on " Making our Domestic Violence laws and policies work in practice." The selection committee let us know that they will announce who will get a time slot before Christmas. We are keeping our fingers crossed and hope for success. And I am finding there are almost too many opportunities to share information about the preparation. For example there is the LinkedIn group Supporting International Women's Rights were many people have been commenting on the following question that I posted: " Are people preparing to come to the UN Commission on the Stat...